AFC North

PITTSBURGH — Joe Flacco and the NFL's playoff road warriors are heading to New England with their swagger — and their pass rush — fully intact. The rarely flustered Flacco tossed two second-half touchdowns and the Baltimore Ravens dominated the Pittsburgh Steelers 30-17 on Saturday night in the AFC wild-card game. Flacco hit Torrey Smith for an 11-yard score in the third quarter and found Crockett Gillmore with a 21-yard pass in the fourth one play after Terrell Suggs picked off Ben Roethlisberger. The Ravens won in Pittsburgh for the first time in the postseason. Baltimore (11-6) sacked Roethlisberger five times and kept the NFL's second-ranked offense...

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